From WSJopinion: New York Mayor Eric Adams visited El Paso, Texas, to draw attention to what the failure to fix U.S. migrant policy is doing to his city. He should have also called out President Biden.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams walks outside a shelter in El Paso, Texas, Jan. 15.Who knew New York City had a border with Mexico? These days it all but does in practical terms as migrants streaming into Texas and Arizona from Mexico end up on the social-welfare rolls in the BigSo it made sense for New York Mayor Eric Adams to visit El Paso, Texas, over the weekend to draw attention to what the failure to fix U.S. migrant policy is doing to his city. “This is a national crisis.
He’s right it’s a national responsibility, and that the federal failure is burdening his city to the tune of $366 million in services for asylum seekers last year. He expects the bill to rise to $2 billion by June. Mr. Adams also makes the sensible point that if we’re going to let migrants enter the U.S. and stay for years while they await an asylum hearing, they ought to be allowed to work immediately.
But where Mr. Adams fails is in not calling out the Biden Administration for refusing to fix asylum law. President Biden keeps insisting on “comprehensive immigration reform” that isn’t going to happen as long as the U.S.-Mexico border is essentially wide open. If you want to solve the problem, Mr. Mayor, you have to do more than list your burdens. You have to call out the politicians responsible.
Wonder Land: The Biden Democrats arrived in January 2021 with one fixed idea: Whatever Mr. Trump did, reverse it. Within months the border collapsed, and the government still has no clear policy. Images: AP/AFP/Getty Images Composite: Mark KellyAppeared in the January 18, 2023, print edition.
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